Hawthorn Hawks announce new jumper numbers

December 15, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Kyle Cheney (running with Jordan Lewis) will wear 13 after AGM Jumper announcement

At the Hawthorn Annual General Meeting, on top of the announcement of another 2 million dollar profit, a final membership tally of 54,473 (a rise of 2.9%), a further 5 year extension to their Tasmanian Deal, the club announce new player numbers for both the new players comming in and a few changes of the young players.

Kyle Cheney got number 13 and fellow tradey David Hale got number 20, while Cameron Bruce got Michael Tuck’s old number 17. First round draft pick, Issac Smith with carry around 16. Fellow National drafty’s Paul Puopolo (28), Mitch Hallahan (38) and Angus Litherland (42) all got higher numbers.

The Rookies also got their numbers with Sam Menegola (44), Tom Schneider (45), Derrick Wanganeen (46), Will Langford (48) and Jack Mahony (49) got the really high numbers.

Two of the famous numbers at the club were also given new backs to sit on with Luke Lowden getting the number 30 left free with the defection of Campbell Brown to the Gold Coast. Hawks best first year player of 2010, Ben Straton will get the great honor of wearing the number 24 that became free when Trent Croad retired this season. Full player list with numbers below.

On top of this, Jason Dunstall, Geoff Harris and Richard Garvery all were re-elected to the board unopposed. The Club Constitution dictates that there must be 3 vacant Director positions every year.

A number of other life time awards were handed out with Campbell Brown, Chance Bateman, Bruce Stevenson and Trevor Randall all being awarded the Clubs Life Membership Award. Club Life Service Awards were received by Darren Wallen, Carol Wallen, Alex Davis and Robert Hancock for there continued service to the club. Football Service Awards were given too Michael Susnja and Mark Pelchen.

2011 player jumper numbers

1. Max BAILEY
2. Jarryd ROUGHEAD
3. Jordan LEWIS
4. Rick LADSON
5. Sam MITCHELL
6. Josh GIBSON
7. Michael OSBORNE
8. Xavier ELLIS
9. Shaun BURGOYNE
10. Chance BATEMAN
11. Clinton YOUNG
12. Brad SEWELL
13. Kyle CHENEY
14. Grant BIRCHALL
15. Luke HODGE
16. Isaac SMITH
17. Cameron BRUCE
18. Brent GUERRA
19. Jarryd MORTON
20. David HALE
21. Shane SAVAGE
23. Lance FRANKLIN
24. Ben STRATTON
25. Ryan SCHOENMAKERS
26. Liam SHIELS
27. Stephen GILHAM
28. Paul PUOPOLO
29. Tom MURPHY
30. Luke LOWDEN
31. Matthew SUCKLING
32. Riley MILNE*
33. Cyril RIOLI
34. Brent RENOUF
35. Sam GRIMLEY
36. Jordan LISLE
37. Brendan WHITECROSS
38. Mitch HALLAHAN
40. Jordan WILLIAMS
41. Taylor DURYEA
42. Angus LITHERLAND
43. Will SIERAKOWSKI*
44. Sam MENEGOLA*
45. Tom SCHNEIDER*
46. Derick WANGANEEN*
47. Luke BREUST*
48. Will LANGFORD*
49. Jack MAHONY*

* Rookie listed player

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 24, 30, AGM, Angus Litherland, annual general meeting, Ben Straton, Cameron Bruce, Campbell Brown, David Hale, Issac Smith, Jumper, Kyle Cheney, Luke Lowden, Mitch Hallahan, Numbers, Paul Puopolo

Video – New Hawk Cameron Bruce interview

December 7, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Here is the HawksTV interview with Cameron Bruce after he was selected in the 2010 AFL Preseason draft.

Podcast Video [ 7:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 2010, Cameron Bruce, Demons, Draft, Hawks, HawksTV, Hawthorn, Interview, Melbourne, Pick, Preseason

Photos: Boys are Back in Town (well, at Waverly Park)

December 6, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 1 Comment

So we are into preseason for 2011 season and after some major work to the playing surface that saw the whole turf relayed, the boys were back training at the famous oval. Most of the players out there and from all reports, quite a long session that included ball work and a simulated match.

By the time I got there, the match was just ending but I was able to get some photos of the boys running. Any help with point out the new players greatly appreciated.

Lado and Riley Milne boxing in the rehab group

Filed Under: Photos, Training Tagged With: Alastair Clarkson, Ben Straton, Brad Sewell, Brent Renouf, Buddy, Cameron Bruce, Chance Bateman, Clinton Young, David Hale, Grant Birchall, Hawks, Hawthorn, Jarrod Morton, Jarrod Roughead, Jordan Lewis, Jordan Lisle, Kyle Cheney, Lance Franklin, Max Bailey, Paul Puopolo, Photos, Preseason, Rick Ladson, Riley Milne, Ryan Schoenmakers, Sam Grimley, Shaun Burgoyne, Taylor Duryea, Thomas Murphy, Travis Tuck, Waverly Park, Will Langford, Will Sierakowski

Photos – Super Saturday training before round 3

April 10, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

A few years ago the Hawks started up Super Saturday training on the days before they played on a Sunday in Melbourne. It is a great day for the family with Hawka, BBQ and players training and signing autographs. Here are photos from this weeks version. (More photos over here too!!!)

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Cyril Rioli, Luke Hodge, Photos, Super Saturday, Training, Waverly

Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Stratton to debut

April 10, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Benjamin Stratton gets his chance to play AFL after 3 players missed out, 2 due to suspension and 1 injury. Hooper got injured early in round 2 and Ozzie and Shiels were suspended.

Here is the sides (rest of the teams from around the league available here):

Hawthorn
B: Josh Gibson, Stephen Gilham, Tom Murphy
HB: Rick Ladson, Ryan Schoenmakers, Brent Guerra
C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall
HF: Jarryd Morton, Lance Franklin, Chance Bateman
F: Campbell Brown, Jarryd Roughead, Cyril Rioli
Foll: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Xavier Ellis

Interchange: Moss, Peterson, Stratton, Suckling

Emergencies: Duryea, Kayler-Thomson, Whitecross

In: Moss, Stratton, Whitecross, Kayler-Thomson, Duryea, Suckling
Out: Osborne (suspended), Shiels (suspended), Hooper (hamstring)

New player:
Ben Stratton, 21 years old, 189cm, 82kg – selection 46 in 2009 AFL draft. Drafted from East Perth (WA).
Taylor Duryea, 18 years old, 179cm, 74kg – selection 69 in the 2009 AFL Draft. Drafted from Murray U18/Caulfield Grammar.

Western Bulldogs
B: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Dale Morris
HB: Ryan Hargrave, Tom Williams, Lindsay Gilbee
C: Brodie Moles, Matthew Boyd, Ryan Griffen
HF: Robert Murphy, Mitch Hahn, Shaun Higgins
F: Daniel Giansiracusa, Barry Hall, Jason Akermanis
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Daniel Cross
I/C: Andrejs Everitt, Josh Hill, Will Minson, Liam Picken
Emg: Dylan Addison, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood

No change

Filed Under: Teams Tagged With: 2010, Benjamin Stratton, Hawks, Hawthorn, Round 3, Teams

Hawks team for Round 2, 2010 – Buddy, Bateman and Rioli

April 1, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Three good ins (Buddy, Bateman and Cyril) but no outs. Three players are going to be unlucky to miss out. Here is the squads for Mondays games (Rest of the AFL Teams for Round 2, 2010 here):

UPDATE

Final teams named. Three big ins for the Hawks which will add a lot of pace to the Hawks. Three unlucky outs in KT, Mossy and Suckers. You can see the Hawks are getting much stronger just by the outs alone.

HAWTHORN v GEELONG CATS

Hawthorn
B: Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Tom Murphy
HB: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Rick Ladson
C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Xavier Ellis
HF: Michael Osborne, Ryan Schoenmakers, Rhan Hooper
F: Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead, Campbell Brown
Foll: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Chance Bateman
I/C: Jarryd Morton, Carl Peterson, Cyril Rioli, Liam Shiels
Emg: Jarrod Kayler-Thomson, Garry Moss, Matthew Suckling

In: Rioli, Franklin, Bateman
Out: Jarrod Kayler-Thomson, Garry Moss, Matthew Suckling

Geelong Cats
B: Josh Hunt, Matthew Scarlett, Harry Taylor
HB: Corey Enright, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
C: James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey
HF: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Paul Chapman
F: Gary Ablett, Cameron Mooney, Shannon Byrnes
Foll: Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Joel Selwood
I/C: Mark Blake, Mitch Duncan, David Wojcinski, Steve Motlop
Emg: James Podsiadly, Nathan Djerrkura, Ryan Gamble

In: Motlop
Out: Darren Milburn (hamstring)

New: Steven Motlop (Wanderers, NT)

Filed Under: General

Results from Round 1 – Hawks beat the Dees

April 1, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Hawthorn 17.15 (117) Defeated Melbourne 8.13 (61)

Goal Kickers
Hawthorn: Brown 3, Roughead 3, Moss 2, Osborne 2, Hooper 2, Hodge, Ladson, Morton, Mitchell, Peterson
Melbourne: Green 2, Petterd 2, Jamar, Miller, Miller, McKenzie

Best Players
Hawthorn: Hodge, Lewis, Birchall, Ladson, Mitchell. Gibson, Roughead
Melbourne: Bruce, Moloney, Trengove, Jamar, Green, Scully

INJURIES
Hawthorn: Renouf (groin)
Melbourne: Green (neck), Rivers (ribs)

My thoughts

Good start to the year
Backline did well. Everyone of the players that are down back can use the ball
If Thomas Murphy can stay as the 4th back, he will have a much better year.
How can people have a go at Dr.X (Xavier Ellis)? The guy is all class, Lets hope he stays fit
Roughy was good. Strong overhead but where did that good kicking go?
Was really happy with Renouf, great around the ground until he got injured.
Peterson could very well replace Willo and looks very flexible as to how he plays.
Hooper’s effort was great. If he can keep it up, he will be a very good pick up
Can you imagine a forward line with Brown, Hooper, Peterson, Rioli and Hooper? Bit small but great forward pressure
Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis all did what they needed
Schoenmakers looks great. Will be interesting to see how he goes against the bigger forwards

Video Highlights part 1

Highlights Part 2

Filed Under: News, Video Tagged With: Demons, Highlights, Melbourne, Round 1, Video

Hawks win means I win!

March 28, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone

Review of the game to come later, but just wanting to point out a win in a bet I had. Former Demon ruckman, now on the Gold Coast, Jeff White is a pretty big user of Social Media site, Twitter.

I have been following his tweets for some time and was surprised when in his tips for the week, he picked Melbourne (okay, so not that strange).

I decided to challenge him to a little twitter bet. The bet being, if the Demons win, I change my logo on twitter to the Demons logo. If the Hawks win, Jeff wears the Hawks logo on Twitter for the week.

Jeff saw me tweet and gracefully accepted the bet. I have to admit a slight bit of nervousness about the game, but the boys came through. Jeff came through with his bet and tweeted this after the game:

@mollyfud good win by the hawks. I will commit to the bet and change my avatar

He then changed it and tweeted this:

Lost the bet with @mollyfud so this is my new profile pic for 1 week ONLY. Bad luck to the demons, great courage AGAIN from Greeny.

Jeff took a little bit of flack for the change in logo from Demon fans (including one joking that they would unfollow him for the week, but might have a better way around the issue:

This bet is only for this week. You know the way to fix it..no tweets for a week, haha. Don’t worry, I thought it through

I want to thank Jeff for agreeing on the bet and going through with it (which I had no doubt he would).

If the Hawks are playing your team coming up and you want to make the same twitter bet, let me know.

UPDATE:

Jeff White is a bet welcher! By Monday morning (the bet was for a week) he had already changed his logo back. While I applaud him for changing his logo so quickly, I am disappointed he didn’t follow through the bet. If you want to let him know your disappointment you can by sending your message on twitter by using @jeffwhite34 ! I would (and have before) changed my logo for the week if the Hawks had of lost, which makes Jeff’s actions more disappointing!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2010, Demons, Jeff White, Melbourne, Round 1, Twitter

Photos – Hawks training before Round 1, 2010

March 26, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Public training was held Friday before the Round 1 clash with the Demons. Here are some photos (more available here and you can Click for larger copies). Who looks impressive?